Display-form for clothing



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DISPLAY FORM FOR GLOTHI'NG. v No. 543,344. Patented July 23,1895.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT EEic ARMIN OSCAR KU EHMSTED, OFOSl-IKOSH, WVISCONSIN.

DISPLAY-FORM FOR CLOTHING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 543,344, dated July 23,1895.

Application filed January 22, 1895- Serial 11211535333. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ARMIN OSCAR KUEHM- STED, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Oshkosh, in the county of Winnebago and State ofWisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDisplay-Forms for Clothing; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and'to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in display-forms for clothing; andit consists primarily of the combination of two pieces of flexiblematerial cut in proper shape and permanently united, as hereinaftershown.

The invention is designed to apply to display -forms for showing agarment folded double and placed on itin that way, the form itselfapproximating in form one-half of the chest, &c., of a human body, butbeing so designed as to take up most of the extra cloth or fullness ofthe garment and obviate the wrinkles and folds that occur when a garmentis folded double and placed on a form built on the linesof the averagehuman form. My

form is ahalf formi. a, it represents but onehalf of the upper half of ahuman form -0r by the addition of a skirt-piece can be made to representin addition the hip. lvlyforms can be made to display the right or leftsides of a garment by simply reversing the pieces forming it beforeputting together. It is especially valuable for displaying garments in aWindow, the form fitting close to the wall and enabling a person todisplay a maximum of clothing in a minimum of space.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification,-Figure1 represents a plan view of the blank as cut for the primary form towhich the other piece or pieces are attached. Fig. 2 represents a planview of the blank as cut for the additional shoulderpiece. Fig. 3represents a side elevation of the finished form. Fig. 4 represents anend elevation, partly in section, of the finished form; and Fig. 5represents a side elevation of the finished form with a skirtattachment. A in the drawings represents the blank for forms made afterthe human shape.

the primary form. This is made preferably from a piece of strawboard orsimilar material. This blank is bent around so that its edge a isoverlapped by its edge a, as shown in Fig. 3, and said edge a ispermanently secured to the portion it overlaps, preferably by rivets 2',thus leaving an armhole O. The

shape of the blank when'bent and riveted in this manner conformsapproximately to onehalf the shoulder and the side and a portion of theback and chest, but with the shoulder sloping in the wrong direction. Toovercome this defect I provide piece B. This is of the form shown inFig. 2, and is attached directly above the armhole (l by rivets, so asto form an arched surface extending from the end of the shoulder to whatwould be the center of the back in such a manner as to take up most ofthe surplus cloth, which always showTs eon a loops F of any suitableflexible material are secured to the edge of the form, preferably byrivets, and said form is supported on any suitablesupport by means ofsaid tab-loops. A skirt-piece D can beattached to said-form A by rivetsor in any other suitable manner,as shown in Fig. 5. The blank A is benteither to the right or the left, according to which side of the garmentit is intended to support.

The coat or garment is folded together longitudinally, oneshoulderwithin the other, and placed upon the form so as to display onlyone side of the garment, including the sleeve.

This can either be the right or left side, as

preferred,but a corresponding form mustbe used.

I am well aware that there are display-forms now in use that are nearerto the human shape than mine; but the purpose of my invention is toenable anyone using these forms to display garments to better advantage,these being nearer the shape of the garment folded double and laid uponit, avoiding folds and Wrinkles that occur when a form is used made likea human body.

Having now described my invention, what manner, said form comprisinginits construcdirectly over the entire shoulder portion and. tion a pieceof flexible material cut to a suit- Within the outline of the depth ofthe form to able shape and bent around and permanently form anapproximately square shoulder, subsecured in shape to conformapproximately to stantially as described.

5 the shape of one of the shoulders; one side In testimony whereof Iaifix my signature 1;

and a portion of the back and chest of a in presence of two witnesses.person, and having a flat rear surface; and a ARMIN OSCAR KUEHMSTED.flexible shoulder piece cut in suitable form Witnesses: and secured tothe top of the body portion of HENRY HENKEL,

IO the form in an arching manner and extended A. WEBER.

